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Convert defeat into success

Last Saturday I did not write my posts and I kind of felt guilty about it. And it was even worse, as I kind of planned to catch up yesterday, Sunday, but in the end I also didn’t do it. And it feels like a severe breach in my daily writing habit and I am not sure what to do next, as I just don’t feel like writing anymore.

And the strange thing is that I actually achieved quite some successes. And I wanted to write about it. But I didn’t.

So somehow I have slowly programmed myself for success, but somehow it also affects things, like writing here. So how will I convert this defeat of failure of not writing last Saturday into success? Like what can I learn from it?

And the strange thing is that one or two times before I skipped a day, but somehow this time it feels more severe, it feels like giving up writing here, writing every day. But I made a promise to myself to write here about my road to success, about how I went from my deepest down to my highest up. And I am not up yet, but somehow something changed. As people are starting to listen to me, are starting to support me, no matter how crazy my ideas are. But somehow my subconscious does not seem to accept that I can be successful, can have success.

So maybe that is what I am learning right now, that it is important to keep my promise and that I should keep writing, also now I am starting to become successful. And yes, one of the most important things towards success seems to be persistence, nothing more, nothing less. So maybe people will even start to read this, even though until now I don’t think many people are reading or have read my posts.

And yes, I should go back to the beginning, to why I started this site, this blog. And evaluate where I am standing right now compared to that time. And even though recently I have been complaining a bit again I guess, I may be amazed about how far I have gotten, and maybe how little I still have to go.

Big dreams

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Today I searched for ‘inspirational quote big’ and found and sent the quote “If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.” from Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. And I chose it because today I got a bit scared, as it seems my biggest idea, my biggest project, or actually projects, seem to come alive. As one of the people I was talking to today was thinking about how to implement all the things I have in mind. And I felt scared because my dream is so big that nobody, or at least not people in their right mind, would dream that big.

But somehow I have been able to at least have people think about what I have in mind, and it seems more and more people are kind of supporting the idea. And I have no clue how this should all come together as I don’t even have the budget to fly to Manila or something, but somehow people seem to believe in the idea and consider it possible.

But yes, if Napoleon Hill is right, the the deepest downfalls can result in big things, big dreams, as everything I am working on right now goes back to about two years ago when my life fell apart for the second time and I even considered committing suicide. As I felt like I had nothing left, no friends, no business, no customers, no income, no money, no nothing. And looking back the strange thing is that at that time things came to me, like the book Think and Grow Rich, that somehow got my attention in a way that I started working from it. And I still feel a bit embarrassed about how I got it, the person I got it from, as I have some very bad memories related to that person. But it seems indeed that God or the Universe has strange ways to achieve things, as somehow things seem to start to come together right now, even though I don’t feel really successful yet and the financial success I am still looking for seems still far away.

But yes, somehow I started believing in the Principles of Success, so somehow my subconscious has taken up the idea that I can really get what I want and that I don’t even really need to do the effort for it, that I don’t need to do it all alone, something I felt I had to all my life, until recently. And those thoughts go back to Abraham Hicks, who indeed points to the Law of Attraction, some kind of law in the Universe where you indeed just have to think, have to feel what you want, and it will just come to you.

And looking back right now it is indeed a weird mix of all kind of things, like desire and belief and dreaming big. And somehow indeed action and persistence, but I can also confirm that it seems only inspired action works and that forcing things hardly ever or never work. And yes, somehow also autosuggestion works, but also there, only if you are really serious and defined about what you want.

And no, I’m not there yet. And yes, looking back one of the main things or maybe even the main or only things is something like self confidence. As somehow I am much more confident in what I want and what I do, as I don’t mind so much anymore what other people think, as it is my life and they are my dreams.

And yes, I was a bit scared today of what I have set in motion. But somehow it is also a very good feeling and makes me, again, more confident that anything is possible and that the things I have in mind have a good chance of becoming reality.

So yes, I can certainly recommend that you buy the book Think and Grow Rich and start working from it. Or any other book that suits you, helps you gain more confidence. As it seems that is the road to success.

Disciplined or stubborn?

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Lately I am asking myself more and more why I am writing here every day, yes, except on Sunday’s, as it doesn’t feel that inspiring anymore and it also feels like it doesn’t have any purpose except to kind of show to myself that I can do it, that I can be disciplined or something. Or that I am persistent. But somehow it also feels that I am just stubborn.

So what is it? Or maybe all? And yes, I guess this is the most difficult time in the ‘race’ that I started and that I somehow wanted to continue for at least two years. As two years is somehow the milestone that I consider Google considers the period when a website is really serious. But Google changed and I’m not really sure if that two year mark or something is still there. Or even existed anyhow. And then, should I write my blog, my posts, these words that don’t make any sense to anybody lately, or probably don’t make any sense to anybody lately, because of Google? Or some policy or algorithm of Google?

But yes, while writing this somehow the answer is still yes. As somehow this is what persistence is all about. Going on when you don’t feel like it anymore, going on when it doesn’t make sense anymore, going on when all the excitement is gone, going on no matter what.

And yes, I know somehow this time is different, this time is more about persistence and less about being stubborn. As somehow I have decided that this time I want to be successful, no matter what. This time I have decided that I won’t give up, won’t give up until I finally have or feel the success that I have been waiting for, struggled for all my life. And right now I’m not fully sure how that success would look like, like how I would achieve it. As I am working on many things right now. And no, somehow I also haven’t lost focus, somehow I am finishing things now, determined to finish things, finish everything, everything I have started and am starting.

So yes, the things I am writing here and in my personal blog may not make much sense recently. But sending the daily quote does and keeping my gratitude journal also. And my persistence in some other projects has brought me closer to some unimaginable goals.

So yes, let’s continue here for now. And yes, let’s celebrate how far I have gotten.

And thank you, Napoleon Hill. As somehow your book Think and Grow Rich has brought me closer to success, big success, than ever.

Inspiration for Success

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Well, slowly I feel like starting to move again after I think weeks of relatively doing not so much. And I still don’t know what triggers these periods of activity or inactivity. Somehow it seems that there are things beyond our control, even though many ‘success‘ sites and books and maybe successful people make us believe otherwise. And no, what I am writing right now doesn’t sound like ‘inspiration’ or ‘how to achieve success’, but somehow it is reality, somehow we are different, somehow people are different. So somehow some people are not meant for ‘success‘.

And yes, of course I keep asking myself why God gave me this ambition, this drive to find success, where until now I didn’t really find it, at least not the success I was and am looking for. As somehow I have this drive, but only up to a certain point or something. It still feels like something is missing, something I don’t get, something that is still needed before I would really achieve the success I am looking for. But somehow I am also starting to believe that I am on the way now, that it is not as far as before, that I am getting closer, especially the last two years. And yes, I did learn things like being more patient and knowing the difference between being stubborn and being persistent. And I am also starting to notice that really successful people are indeed in their forties, fifties or sixties, not in their twenties or thirties, even though there are also many samples like that. But not that much, not as much as I thought, as I believed there were.

So yes, I think there is still a chance to be really successful, to have my Pajero and relationship as I want it, as I think how it should be. And have my holidays again.

So yes, let’s be patient and persistent, as that seem to be the key Principles of Success for me. Ah, yes, and self confidence, maybe even the most important. And yes, it is all in Think and Grow Rich. And yes, it takes time to understand, to realize, to experience.

Public transport

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Jeepney I always thought that Philippine Jeepneys were a bit a, well, low type of transportation, something that could be improved. But the more I use them, and lately I have been using them a lot, also e.g. in rush hour, the more I believe they are not as bad as I thought, or actually they are quite fit for what they are supposed to do: move people with their stuff on short or medium distances.

As I the last few days I have been comparing them to Dutch buses and the van’s I saw being used in Indonesia, and realized that the design is pretty good, very useful to move people from one place (in a city) to another. And yes, they are very stable and fit very well the culture where people prefer to sit tight together.

And I always thought they were too heavy, built with too much steel and such, but looking at the fact that they move like twenty people at the same time with kind of normal car components, the design is pretty straightforward and probably not as heavy as I thought (related to e.g. fuel consumption). And yes, the design, like any Jeep, is very simple, easy to build and to maintain, and very sturdy.

So yes, the way they are normally built, from old car parts that don’t always function that well, is certainly not what one would want in the Western world. But the design, the basic idea, the basic concept is very good, so if Jeepneys would be built from scratch with new components I wouldn’t know any better public transport vehicle that would do its job as well as the Philippine Jeepney.